Good Cook 25739 Hamburger Chopper

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A meat chopper is a great tool for anyone who cooks beef on a regular basis, but it’s a handy thing to have in the kitchen even if you rarely or never eat beef. It can be used for mixing other ground meats like turkey, but it can be used as a stand-in for plenty of other tools. You can use it to mix instead of using a whisk, as a masher for fruits, or to scramble eggs. It’s the kind of seemingly niche kitchen tool that you’ll find yourself reaching for all the time. All food processors come with a knife blade for basic tasks, but some models come with even more attachments. We've seen blenders, citrus juicers, dough hooks, grating blades, mills, mini bowls, shredding blades, slicing blades and spatulas. They really take the hassle out of preparing fresh, home-cooked meals for your family; chopping all your vegetables for you in seconds. So you can have a bolognese bubbling on the hob in no time. The small capacity means you need to pre-cut some things so they’re small enough to fit in the chopper The cheapest chopper on our list is the no-fuss, no-frills manual vegetable chopper from the OXO Good Grips range.

If you have any issues with strength or dexterity, but still want a manual food chopper, then this pull-handle option from Zyliss is the one for you. POWERFUL FAST & EFFICIENT: Experience efficiency like never before with the robust 200W DC motor. From chopping vegetables to mincing meat, this motor delivers consistent results every time. You can chop, grind various ingredients, such as salsa, sauces, dips, dressings, onions, small herbs, baby food, meat, ham, garlic, onion, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and more. The collected items are kept at recycling centres or retailers and then taken to a reprocessing plant where they are shredded into small pieces for recycling. Recycle Now reports that all the raw materials are distributed to create new products. How we test food processorsWe rigorously tested popular mini choppers and mini food processors from Cuisinart, Kenwood, KitchenAid, Magimix, Russell Hobbs and Ninja to see which ones make the perfect food prep gadget. This depends on what you want to use the food chopper for, but these are the key things to look out for: A large-capacity bowl means you'll be able to make bigger batches. However, the bigger the bowl size, the more space it’s likely to take up in your kitchen. It’s also worth bearing in mind that bigger bowls can be more of a faff to clean by hand or may be awkward to fit in the dishwasher.

Most food processors are designed to do one thing – chop your ingredients. But there’s plenty to consider when choosing one, which is why we put every model through a series of tests before giving them a top spot on our roundup. The most important of these is, unsurprisingly, the chop test. For both single and multi speed processors, we test and re-test using the same vegetables to ensure each one can chop an onion as well as it can blitz through a hardy squash. There are limits to this chopper though - it can’t handle hard ingredients like ice cubes, coffee beans, or hard spices. But it’s still incredibly versatile and can be used to chop up vegetables, herbs, and meats as well as to mix up sauces and mayonnaise easily thanks to the oil drip lid. ProsMINCING FUNCTION: Unleash your creativity in the kitchen with the versatile mincing function. Go from a satisfying coarse chop to a finely minced texture, offering flexibility for a wide range of recipes. The big names of kitchen equipment have all got great vegetable choppers in their ranges. Models from Ninja, Magimix, Russell Hobbs, and Kenwood are all worth considering. The handle of a ground meat chopper should be comfortable to hold both horizontally like a knife and vertically like a typical wooden meat masher. Especially if you cook often, the ergonomics of this feature can help make the job much easier and easier on your wrists.

Ease of use: we wanted to see mini choppers that were easy to assemble, with an unfussy control panelA ground meat chopper utensil should also be heat resistant enough to chop and stir foods in a hot pan, so temperature safety was a must. We looked for durable yet non-abrasive materials like high-temperature nylon and heat-safe silicone. A hardened silicone blade was considered a plus, giving a meat chopper tool better cutting and dicing ability. With it being a manual device you’re in control of how much you spin the blades, so you can chop the veg as finely as you want in it. If you are still not certain about what type of food prep gadget to buy, head to our guide: Food processor, mixer or blender? The best mini choppers from our tests